OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221433931

LIMONEIRA COMPANY

LINDSAY, CA· 2021-08-31T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Collision, Driving, Face, Farm, Farm Machinery, Farm worker, Fracture, Ground, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Neck, Pesticide, Spraying Rig, Struck Against, Tractor, Tree
NAICS: 111998
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345609804
Employer profile: LIMONEIRA COMPANY
Summary number: 221433931
Report ID: 0950625

Event description

Employee fractures face due to tractor collision with tree

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 a.m. on August 31, 2021, an employee was working as a farm worker at a citrus orchard. The employee was spraying herbicides from a low-profile tractor equipped with a spray rig. The employee was driving a 1970 Randell Self-propelled Sprayer down an asphalt roadway. The employee pressed the clutch and gained speed. When the rig reached the bottom of the roadway, the employee turned towards a clearing but hit a lemon tree. A coworker was in the passenger seat. The employee was hospitalized to treat multiple facial bone fractures from impact with the tree and the ground.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 64 F

Event type
6

Occupation code
0

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